Ocean Sentry
A diver who filmed a huge “slick” of plastic floating in clear waters at a popular dive spot in Indonesia said he has “never seen anything like this scale” of ocean pollution before.
March, 2018
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7 March
Deep sea mining could destroy possible source of life on earth, warn scientists
One of the world’s most important sites of scientific interest has been officially designated as part of a mining exploration zone.
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7 March
In just 5 years, Mumbai has lost mangroves the size of 15 Wankhede stadiums
Even as the Union environment ministry reported an increase in Mumbai’s mangrove forest cover, a Bombay high court (HC)-appointed committee for mangrove preservation said the city has lost at least 22 hectares of mangroves between 2013 and 2018.
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7 March
Existing policies not enough to protect sardines–experts
Citing a recent study, experts said sardines are getting smaller and smaller, and they spawn earlier to adapt to heavy fishing pressure and changes in the environment.
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6 March
Seven in 10 nets used by fishermen are illegal and endanger rare marine wildlife: UAE
Seven out of 10 nets used by local fisherman are illegal, with the potential to kill marine wildlife, a snap inspection by environment inspectors has uncovered.
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6 March
Oxygen loss could be a huge issue for oceans
A major study into an ancient climate change event that affected a significant percentage of Earth’s oceans has brought into sharp focus a lesser-known villain in global warming: oxygen depletion.
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5 March
Thawing permafrost causing the ‘browning’ of northern lakes
The organic carbon found in permafrost is being released as the ice melts after ages of confinement in the soil, and making its way into Arctic and subarctic lakes and ponds, modifying their composition.
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5 March
How microplastics are affecting marine organisms
A group of scientists who use Crepdiula onyx as a model organism to test microplastics immunity has found that they will threaten other marine organisms that are less resilient towards microplastic pollution.
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2 March
Industrial fisheries in Southeast Asia divert millions of tonnes of fish to fishmeal
Four countries in Southeast Asia have diverted almost 40 million tonnes of fish towards fishmeal production in the past six decades.
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2 March
Antarctic sea ice shrinks for second-straight year
Sea ice cover in Antarctica has dropped to its second-lowest on record, Australian authorities said Friday, adding that it was not yet clear what was driving the reduction after several years of record-highs.
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2 March
Mangrove deforestation emits as much CO2 as Myanmar each year
The amount of carbon released through clearing mangroves amounts to 24m tonnes of CO2 per year, the research finds – equivalent to the annual emissions of Myanmar.
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1 March
Asia’s hunger for sand takes a toll on endangered species
Between 1994 and 2012, global cement production—a proxy for concrete use—tripled, from 1.37 billion to 3.7 billion tons, driven largely by Asian construction, according to a 2014 report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).